Membership in the Stanford Exploration Project is open to any company and research organization in exchange for an annual membership fee of $49,000 per year.
An initiation fee of $49,000 for first-time members may be waived at the discretion of the SEP director.
An Industrial Affiliate Agreement is signed by the affiliate company and Stanford University. The Affiliate Agreement is substantially the same for all members.

Program Benefits:

Invitations to annual meetings and workshops

Faculty liaison

Student recruitment opportunities

Copies of reports, PhD theses, and research results

Campus visits

SEP affiliate companies may decide to provide additional funding to SEP to support an area of on-going research of particular interest.
All research results arising from the use of this additional funding will be shared with all program members and the general public.